NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR

US 2010/0220400 A1 Example 1 — Nikon

17 elements / 13 groups
24-120 mm f/4 FX standard zoom
US 2010/0220400 A1 Example 1: f = 24.70 / 45.75 / 116.39 mm
3 aspherical surfaces; 2 inferred ED elements
G2 inner focus; G4 decentering VR group

Focus Mechanism

Inner focus by rigid object-side translation of G2. Nikon's product MFD is 0.45 m; the patent close-range table is a shallow finite-conjugate aberration-characterization state.

Optical Elements (17)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Negative MeniscusS-TIH53 (OHARA dense flint)
L12Biconvex PositiveJ-PSKH1 (HIKARI; S-FPM2-class ED phosphate crown)
L13Positive MeniscusS-LAH97 (OHARA lanthanum crown)
L21Neg. Meniscus (1× Asph)S-LAH59 (OHARA lanthanum dense crown)
L22Negative MeniscusJ-LASF017 (HIKARI lanthanum dense flint)
L23Biconvex PositiveS-TIH53 (OHARA dense flint)
L24Biconcave Negative (1× Asph)S-LAH53 (OHARA lanthanum flint)
L31Biconvex PositiveS-LAH97 (OHARA lanthanum crown)
L32Negative MeniscusS-TIH53 (OHARA dense flint)
L33Biconvex PositiveFC5 (HOYA) / N-FK5 class fluor-crown
L34Biconvex PositiveJ-PSKH1 (HIKARI; S-FPM2-class ED phosphate crown)
L41Positive MeniscusJ-LASF021 (HIKARI lanthanum dense flint)
L42Biconcave NegativeS-LAH97 (OHARA lanthanum crown)
L43Negative MeniscusS-LAL8 (OHARA lanthanum crown)
L51Biconvex Positive (1× Asph)S-BAL35 (OHARA barium crown)
L52Positive MeniscusFC5 (HOYA) / N-FK5 class fluor-crown
L53Negative MeniscusJ-LASF021 (HIKARI lanthanum dense flint)

Analysis

Detailed analysis available in the interactive viewer above.